"African Rain"

By Neville Johnson

Raindrops gently fell in the silence of the night,
Clouds gathered in the east, and I felt my soul stir.

I stood still like a well-worn shack amidst the solitude of the open plains.

The air electrified as we anticipated the quenching storm, waiting for the rain to engulf the soil.

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Neville Johnson is a UK veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. Follow him here. Listen to the Savage Wonder podcast episode with him here.

Sangin, Then and Now by Neville Johnson.

Sweeping Leaves in the Wind, Good Soldiers Don’t Cry, and Alone in a Crowded Room by the Veterans Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.

In Love…&War: The Anthology of Poet Warriors by Dead Reckoning Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.

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